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Originally Posted by Phantom
Newbies ?
First timers ?
How bout seasoned veterans !
We launched two weeks ago and on that Sunday as I was approaching the Gas dock, which had two other vessels tied off, you would think that the driver of this boat (me) had NEVER docked before in his life.
What a TOTAL disaster as my "feel" for the boat had somehow disappeared over the winter months ....I thought this was suppose to be like "riding a bike" - you never forget!
Talk about feeling like a moron as I struggled to continually readjust while the polite gas dock attendants simply smiled (making it even more embarrassing) as I was too far out for their assistance.
Point is .... it's not just the "Newbies" ... so be careful making judgments 
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I was patiently waiting for a boat to return to the dock so I could take it for a demo spin last weekend. The sales guy came in pretty fast, spun the boat around to back it in to the slip, but misjudged and ended up aborting four attempts before one of the crew jumped onto the dock with a line and pulled the boat in manually. Was pretty funny. I'm pleased to say I got it backed in on the first shot; single-screw inboard too (but it had thrusters so not so tough...).